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Kimi

2022 · 89 min

A sleek, claustrophobic thriller that traps you in one woman's apartment and anxiety, then jolts you into a tense, propulsive escape.

Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Zoë Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Jaime Camil
Tagline
She's not the only one listening.
Overview
A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.

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Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
Genres
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Zoë Kravitz, Byron Bowers, Jaime Camil
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • technology
  • corruption
  • trauma
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
thriller, mystery, crime
Directed by
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Music
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